The cave microbiome as a source for drug discovery: Reality or pipe dream?

Biochemical Pharmacology

Volumn 134, Issue , 2017, Pages 18-34

  Ghosh, Soumya ^a   Kuisiene, Nomeda ^b   Cheeptham, Naowarat ^a  

^a THOMPSON RIVERS UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial agents; Cave microbiomes; Drug discovery; Extreme habitats; Metagenomics

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT;

ACIDOBACTERIA; ACTINOBACTERIA; AGROBACTERIUM; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BIOFILM; CAVE; CAVE MICROBIOME; DNA EXTRACTION; DRAWING; DRUG DEVELOPMENT; HABITAT; HUMAN; LYSOBACTER; METAGENOMICS; MICROBACTERIUM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROBIOME; NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC STRESS; PAENIBACILLUS; PAINTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEOBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PYROSEQUENCING; REVIEW; RHODOTORULA MUCILAGINOSA; SPECIES COMPOSITION; STREPTOMYCES; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; ANIMAL; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; PROCEDURES; TRENDS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS; CAVES; DRUG DISCOVERY; HUMANS; MICROBIOTA;

EID: 85007137562     PISSN: 00062952     EISSN: 18732968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2016.11.018     Document Type: Review

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